2002 Democracy Service Medal Presented to Chen-Wu Sue-jen, Jan Nowak, and Paula J. Dobriansky
Welcome Carl Gershman, NED President Remarks Paula Dobriansky Stephen Solarz Walt Raymond Nadia...
1999 Democracy Service Medal Presented to Alexandr Vondra Martin Butora
Czech and Slovak representatives joined members of Congress, friends of NED, and representatives of the international community on Capitol Hill October 20 to celebrate and reflect on the 10th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that ended communist...
1999 Democracy Service Medal Recipient Bios
In 1989, Ambassador Bútora was a cofounder of the Public Against Violence movement, the leading Slovak force in the Velvet Revolution against communism. Following the revolution he served as a human rights advisor to President Vaclav Havel. After the "velvet divorce," during which...
Carl Gershman’s Statement to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights Committee on International Relations
Remarks by Carl Gershman, PresidentThe National Endowment for DemocracyChairman Smith, Congresswoman McKinney, and members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for offering me this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the work of the National Endowment for Democracy...
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